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Skully13: Thanks for the idea. Unfortunately, the more I try to write that kind of story, I've come to a realization. I don't really care for the Lincoln x Thicc QT pairing. So I doubt I will attempt to write a story with that pairing.
Guest99: I haven't thought of it, but open for suggestions. However, there is no guarantee that I'll use any suggestions.
Magikey Clavkiys: Just wait and see.
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Chapter 8: Musharna and the Dreamyard
[Striation City]
It was now early afternoon and Lincoln, Sam, Lucy, and the woman named Fennel were walking to the ruins of a building on the outskirts of the city. Fennel, who was a scientist, had asked the trio of trainers for help after they left the Striation Gym. She wanted them to help her look for a Pokemon that may be at a location called the Dreamyard.
"So what Pokemon are we looking for?" Lincoln asked the older woman.
"Also, why do you think it will still be there?" Lucy added.
"The Pokemon I'm looking for is called Musharna," Dr. Fennel replied. "I just know she's there. There have been reports of strange incidents happening in the Dreamyard that are related to Musharna."
Now knowing the name of the Pokemon, the three Royal Woods trainers pulled out their phones and looked up Musharna.
Musharna the Drowsing Pokemon. The mist emanating from their foreheads is packed with the dreams of people and Pokémon.
"What incidents? And what is this Dreamyard?" Sam asked concerned.
"The incidents were nothing harmful, just something that scared people who entered," the scientist replied. "As for what Dreamyard is… it was the facility I used to work at called the Dream Lab." This surprised the trainers, but they stayed quiet and listened. "Me and my colleagues were studying Musharna, her Dream Mist, and how we can use it to help humans and Pokemon."
"So you were experimenting on her?!" Sam asked furiously. Lucy and Lincoln were taken aback by her sudden anger. They didn't know how strong Sam's love of animals was.
"Yes, but I assure you it wasn't anything harmful!" Dr. Fennel said quickly, defending herself. "We were mostly studying the Dream Mist she released. However, during one of the experiments, something went wrong. I still don't know if our calculations were off or Musharna was stronger than we expected, but that one experiment caused a huge explosion, destroying the entire building." This got gasps of shock from the others. "When I came too, the building and Musharna were gone, but me and my colleagues were unharmed. After the accident, they either stopped their research or went onto a different team to study something else. However, I remain here to look for Musharna to apologize and continue my research if she'll allow it."
"You want to continue?! Even after what happened the last time?!" Lincoln asked in shock and confusion.
"Yes, but only if Musharna will allow it," Dr. Fennel replied with a determined expression. "If she doesn't, then I'll move on to study something else."
Sam, Lincoln, and Lucy looked at one another with uneasy expressions. After hearing what happened, they are now unsure if helping her is the right choice. For now, they would help, but will need to talk to Musharna for the whole story.
[Dreamyard]
They finally made it to the ruins of the Dream Lab. While they could still see pieces of the building that was once there, it was mostly a wasteland. Pieces of metal littered the ground, trash, and other things that were probably in the building. Among the debris was nature trying to heal the land.
"So, any idea where we should start?" Sam asked, looking around.
"I know the location from the reported incidents, we should start there," Dr. Fennel replied. The three trainers nodded in agreement and the scientist started to lead the way.
It was now late afternoon and they searched the location from the reports, but were unsuccessful. Lincoln, Sam, and Lucy even brought out Herdier, Romeo, and Woobat to search the area. Even with the extra help they were still unsuccessful. They searched the ruins for a couple of hours and were about to call it quits, when Lucy's Woobat flew up to them in a panic.
"Mistress! Three people are cornering a pink Pokemon over there!" Woobat said in a frightened voice. This got wide eyed expressions from everyone.
"A pink Pokemon? Could it be Musharna?" Dr. Fennel asked in a hopeful tone.
"There are several pink Pokemon, but there is a chance," Sam replied.
"We better hurry!" Lincoln said to them all. "Whether it's Musharna or not, it sounds like that Pokemon needs help!" The others nodded in agreement. Lincoln and Sam recalled Herdier and Romeo and they rushed off, with Woobat guiding them.
When they got where Woobat was leading them, they saw three Team Plasma members surrounding a Pokemon. Unfortunately, it wasn't Musharna, but a Pokemon that looked similar to one.
"Who's that Pokemon?" Lincoln asked, pointing his phone towards it.
Munna the Dream Eater Pokemon. Munna always floats in the air. People whose dreams are eaten by them forget what the dreams had been about.
"Hey! Leave that Munna alone!" Sam shouted at them with a scowl.
"Stay out of this!" One of the male Plasma Grunts shouted back.
"Yeah! We've been looking all over for this Munna so it can give us its Dream Mist!" The second male Grunt shouted.
"We're Team Plasma!" the female Grunt continued. "We battle day and night to liberate Pokemon from foolish humans!"
"It doesn't look that way to me," Lucy said to them with a frown.
"The only thing we see is three people ganging up on a defenseless Pokemon!" Lincoln added with a scowl.
"You wouldn't understand what we are doing!" The first male Grunt shouted back.
"Yeah! Munna and Musharna release a vapour called Dream Mist," the second male Grunt continued. "The Dream Mist can show people's dreams."
"We will use the mist to show people their Pokemon dreams to manipulate their hearts, making them release their Pokemon," the female Grunt finished.
"Now come on! Spit out the Dream Mist!" The first male Grunt shouted at Munna, before kicking it.
This earned a gasp of shock from the trainers and scientist. "Stop! What are you doing!?" Dr. Fennel screamed with fear and worried.
"How can you say you're helping Pokemon when you just kicked an innocent Pokemon!" Lincoln shouted with a furious expression
"You're nothing more than bullies picking on people weaker than yourselves!" Lucy said with a snarl.
"You say trainers shouldn't have Pokemon," Sam started to say with a snarl and expression of absolute fury. "Yet I can see you three have pokeballs, meaning you three are trainers as well."
"We're Pokemon trainers, but we're fighting for a different reason," the second male Grunt said.
"Unlike all of you, we're fighting for the freedom of Pokemon!" The female Grunt continued. "And setting Pokemon free means that we win Pokemon battles and take Pokemon by force!"
"You aren't liberators or friends to Pokemon!" Sam screamed at them with a death glare. "You're nothing more than criminals and poachers, trying to justify your actions by claiming you're helping them!"
"What you think doesn't matter! We are going to rescue your Pokemon from you!" The first male Grunt said angrily. He then grabbed his pokeball and released a Patrat. His two fellow grunts followed suit and sent out their own Pokemon. The second male Grunt sent out a Lillipup, while the female Grunt sent out a Purrloin. The two male grunts order their Pokemon to use Tackle, while the female Grunt order her's to use Scratch
"Come out and help me Snivy!" Sam said, sending out her starter. "Use Magical Leaf!"
"Help me Elekid!" Lincoln said, sending out his new Pokemon. "Use Thunder Punch!"
"Let's help Misdreavus!" Lucy said bringing out the Screech Pokemon. "Use Psybeam!"
"No problem," Snivy said before creating and sending a large number of leaves towards Patrat.
"Sir, yes sir," Elekid said before covering his fist with electricity and charging towards Purrloin.
"Got it," Misdreavus said before her eyes glowed pink and shot a beam at Lillipup.
Patrat tried to avoid the attack, but was unsuccessful and sent flying back. Purrloin was able to avoid the first punch, but wasn't expecting the second one and hit back as well. Lillipup thought it was strong enough to take the hit, so it charged forward. However, it couldn't take the hit and was sent flying back. All three Pokemon got back up and the grunts gave them the exact same orders. All three Pokemon nodded and charged forward again.
"Finish this with Iron Tail!" Sam ordered.
"Got it darling," Snivy replied, as her tail started to glow silver.
"Now use Thunderbolt!" Lincoln ordered.
"Understood sir!" Elekid replied, as he started to swing his arms in circles, charging electricity on top of his head.
"Use Shadow Ball!" Lucy ordered.
"On it!" Misdreavus replied, nodding, before charging her Shadow Ball.
Snivy leaped up into the air and landed the Iron Tail on top of Patrat's head, knocking it out. Elekid released the charged electricity from his head, shocking and knocking out Purrloin. Misdreavus fired the Shadow Ball at Lillipup, who took it head on and was knocked out.
"How?! How is this possible?!" The female Grunt asked in disbelief.
"I can't believe we lost," the second male Grunt said, stunned.
The first male Grunt was equally stunned, before he turned and glared at the Munna. "Make with the Dream Mist already!" He shouted furiously as he started to kick the Pokemon again.
The trainers and scientist were about to start shouting again, when they heard a new voice.
"What are you three doing goofing off!" a male voice shouted in anger. Everyone looked to the side and saw Ghetsis standing there.
"Ghetsis!?" The Grunts shouted in shock and surprise. They couldn't believe they were seeing their leader here. Lincoln, Sam, Lucy, and Dr. Fennel were surprised to see him as well.
"We, Team Plasma, shall separate Pokemon from foolish trainers!" Another Ghetsis said, appearing behind the Plasma grunts. This startled everyone and they looked to the new Ghetsis. They all were now confused.
"If you cannot fulfill your duties…," a third Ghetsis said, appearing besides the grunts. This scared everyone seeing another Plasma Leader.
"T-This isn't…," the first male Grunt said nervously looking at the other two.
"Ghetsis, when he is gathering followers…," the second male Grunt said, confused and nervous. "Or Ghetsis, when he is trying to control people by tricking them with speeches."
"Yeah…" the female Grunt said, equally confused and nervous. "This is Ghetsis when a plan has failed, and he's about to issue punishment."
"At any rate, let's hurry and say we're sorry so he'll forgive us!" The first male Grunt said terrified. The three Plasma grunts then ran off, leaving their unconscious Pokemon. As soon as they left, the three Ghetsis vanished.
"What was that just now?" Lucy asked the others confused.
"I don't know," Sam replied, equally confused.
"That was the leader of Team Plasma, but why were there three of him?" Lincoln asked.
"Mama!" They heard a new feminine voice say. The trainers looked to the voice and saw the Munna looking happily in a direction. Following where it was looking, seeing a Musharna coming from behind a building debris. The Munna then happily flew towards the Musharna, and the two Pokemon nuzzled each other.
"Was all that made from Musharna's Dream Mist?" Sam asked out loud.
"Musharna…," Dr. Fennel said in a relieved and worried tone, walking closer to the Pokemon.
The Drowsing Pokemon looked at the scientist and gave a small smile. "Hello Dr. Fennel," she said in a happy voice.
"I came here to look for you," Dr. Fennel said in a soft and kind voice. "I wanted to see if you wanted to continue helping me with my research." She then looked at the Munna happily nuzzling against Musharna. "However, I can see you have something else to do." Musharna smiled and nodded. "I hope you have a happy life."
Musharna then used her psychic powers, and floated a large glass container from behind the building debris. Inside the container was a strange pink mist. "This is for you Doctor," Musharna said, floating the container over to Dr. Fennel.
The scientist looked at the container surprised, before taking it happily. "Thank you Musharna," she said, thanking the Pokemon in a grateful voice.
Musharna nodded, before she looked at the three trainers. "Thank you for helping my daughter," she told the trainers.
"Thank you for helping me!" Munna said happily to them. The trainers smiled and nodded their heads, before watching the Pokemon float off and disappearing.
"You did excellent, Snivy," Sam praised her starter.
"Of course, that ruffian stood no chance against me," Snivy said, looking proud. She was then returned to her pokeball.
"Great job Misdreavus," Lucy said to the Ghost Type Pokemon.
"It was an easy battle," Misdreavus said happily, before returning to her pokeball.
"Also thank you for finding Munna, Woobat," Lucy said to the Bat Pokemon. Woobat had just been flying high above during the whole battle.
"I was happy to help Mistress!" Woobat said happily.
"Sigh, I told you to call me Lucy, not Mistress," Lucy told her, slightly annoyed.
"But Oshawott calls you Mistress, so why shouldn't I?" Woobat asked, confused.
"Sigh, I'll explain later," Lucy replied, before returning her to her pokeball.
"You were great out there Elekid," Lincoln told his new Pokemon.
"Thank you for the praise sir!" Elekid said while saluting to his trainer. Lincoln saluted back, before returning him to his pokeball.
"So what do we do with them?" Lincoln asked, pointing to the three unconscious Pokemon.
"I'll take them to the pokecenter and inform Nurse Joy about what happened," Dr. Fennel said, walking up to the trainers. "Thank you, all of you, for coming and helping me. While I don't have Musharna, she did give me some of her Dream Mist. So I will be able to continue my research."
"We are glad that we helped," Sam told her with a smile.
"We'll go with you to the pokecenter," Lucy said.
"We still need to stock up to continue our journey," Lincoln continued. "Since it's getting late, we should probably stay at the pokecenter and leave tomorrow morning."
"I see, well we should get going before it gets too late," Dr. Fennel said with a smile. Sam, Lucy, and Lincoln picked up the unconscious Pokemon, and all of them started to make their way to the pokecenter.
Lincoln Loud: Tepig (F), Elekid (M), Herdier (M), Hisuian Zorua (F)
Lucy Loud: Oshawott (M), Woobat (F), Misdreavus (F)
Sam Sharp: Snivy (F), Galarian Zigzagoon (M) Zorua (M)